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synopsis

si nop sis

  • n  a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

  • Ulysses' Gaze is nothing less than a synopsis of 20th century Greek history in a film of about three hours and 60 shots.
  • If the other centers are further along in the trial, ask for a synopsis of the experience of those patients.
  • Achewood defies categorization or description, but a brief, futile attempt at a synopsis would go something like this: A bunch of cats, some robots, a bear and an otter who's 5 .
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  • Charlton Heston in International Herald Tribune
    It's often been said that if Adolf Hitler came back with a hot movie synopsis, every studio in town would be after it,Heston said. "Would Warner's be among them?"
  • Lou Piniella in CBSSports.com
    This game here was a nice little synopsis of what our season has been like,manager Lou Piniella said.
  • Thomas Haden Church in NBC30.com
    All they sent me was a synopsis and some storyboard panels, probably because DreamWorks is as paranoid as the rest of the studios have become about the material, like a script being downloaded and broadcast over the Internet,Church explained....

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